Contemporary classical: the most relaxing piano music
The piano – that familiar box of wood and wires – has provided inspiration to composers for over two hundred years and remains a source of fascination to composers today who revel in its special sound world, and its wide-ranging expressive possibilities.
Read more…- Pärt•Für Alina (1976)•Ruhig, erhaben, in sich hineinhorchend
- Glass•Glassworks (1981): Opening•
- Talbot•Camille (2017)•
- Frahm•Ambre (2007)•
- Kats-Chernin•Unsent Love Letters - Meditations on Erik Satie for Piano (2017)•3. Behind Your Pearls
- Muhly•Falling Pairs (2017)•
- McCabe•Edward II: The French Court (Version for Piano four hands) (1995)•
- Desplat•Trois Études (2012)•2. L'étreinte
- Pärt•Spiegel im Spiegel (1978) (Arr. for Piano)•
- Adès•Traced Overhead op. 15 (1996)•1. Sursum
- Kats-Chernin•Unsent Love Letters - Meditations on Erik Satie for Piano (2017)•24. Biqui
- Corigliano Jr.•Anniversary for Lenny for Piano (2016)•
- Tiersen•Amélie, Original Film Score (2001) (Version for Piano)•4. Comptine d'un autre été: l'après-midi
- Glass•The Hours, Original Film Score (2002) (Arr. for Piano)•1. The Poet Acts
- Adams•China Gates (1977)•
- Nyman•The Piano (1993) (Version for Piano)•4. The Heart Asks Pleasure First
- Skempton•Solitary Highland Song (2017)•
- Monk•St. Petersburg Waltz (1994) (Version for Solo Piano)•
- Foss•For Lenny, Variation on 'New York, New York' (1988) (Version for Piano)•
- Pärt•Für Anna Maria (2006)•
- McCabe•Aubade for Piano (1970) “Study No. 4”•Aubade for Piano (1970) "Study No. 4"
- Glass•The Hours, Original Film Score (2002) (Arr. for Piano)•2. Morning Passages
- Skempton•Campanella 3, for Piano (1982)•Campanella 3 for Piano (1982)
- Foss•Curriculum Vitae (1977) (Arr. for Piano)•
- Kats-Chernin•Roses in a Box (2017)•
From the spiralling ribbons of notes and subtly shifting harmonies beloved of Philip Glass, Ludovico Einaudi, John Adams and Nils Frahm to the pared-down minimalism of Arvo Pärt and Howard Skempton or the jazz-infused music of Peter Maxwell Davies and Alexandre Desplat, contemporary composers offer player and listener a vivid range of music for piano.